whitewash

whitewash什么意思,whitewash翻译

基本解释

v.: 粉饰；掩饰；粉刷（墙壁等）；刷石灰水
n.: 粉饰；掩盖；白涂料；完胜
网络: 涂白；涂脂抹粉；白色涂料

权威解释

• （粉刷用的）石灰水，白涂料:

  a mixture of chalk or lime and water, used for painting houses and walls white

• 粉饰；掩盖:

  an attempt to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth

• （在体育比赛中接连击败对手的）全胜，完胜:

  (in sport) a victory in every game in a series

• 粉刷（墙壁等）；刷石灰水:

  to cover sth such as a wall with whitewash

• 掩饰；粉饰:

  to try to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth; to try to make sth seem better than it is

• （在系列比赛中）完全击败，完胜:

  to defeat an opponent in every game in a series

英汉解释

• 涂白

• 刷白

• 〔体〕使对方得零分

• 掩盖

• 粉刷

• 白垩灰浆

• 刷石灰水

• 白涂料;香粉

• 白色;白粉

• 掩饰错误

词性分析

• 复数：whitewashes

• 过去分词：whitewashed

• 现在分词：whitewashing

同义词

n.distemperlimewhiteningdefeatroutv.decoratecoversmearmisrepresentcover up

反义词

n.triumphexposurev.exposesuccumb

例句

• He thought for a moment and decided it was unnecessary to whitewash the other caves, and then he laid down his brush magnanimously .

  他算来算去，觉得暂时没有必要把更多的洞窟刷白，就刷这几个吧，他达观地放下了刷把。

• Sighing, he began to whitewash the fence but did not enjoy it.

  他叹着气，开始粉刷那片篱笆，但他一点都不喜欢干。

• But why would Mr. Buffett now go out of his way to whitewash Mr. Sokol"s departure?

  但是，巴菲特现在为什么愿意不遗余力地为索科尔的离去文过饰非呢？

• Researchers will need the skills exhibited by Tom Sawyer when he persuaded his friends it would be a joyous privilege to whitewash a fence.

  研究员们需要TomSawyer展示出的技巧，那种可用来说服朋友们粉刷一堵围墙是个令人快乐的特权的技巧。

• When a police supervisor was unsatisfied with his detective"s first attempt at a whitewash, he rewrote it to make it smoother.

  当一位警督对一位侦探的洗白试图感到不满意时，他干脆重写证词，以使之更不可疑。

• The main aim is to identify the reflection, so the reflection corrective fault, not to be intoxicated with more can"t whitewash.

  反思的主要目的是找出过失及时纠正，所以反思决不可以陶醉于成绩，更不可以文过饰非。

• Please do not whitewash your inherent faults with your acquired virtues. I would have the faults; they are like mine own.

  请你不要以后天的德行来粉饰作的先天的缺陷。我宁愿有缺陷；这些缺陷和我自己的一样。

• Tea out of an urn is always tasteless, while army tea, made in a cauldron, tastes of grease and whitewash.

  用瓮泡出来的茶总是淡而无味，而部队里喝的茶是用锅煮出来的，尝起来有一股油脂和石灰水的味道。

• Sighing, he began to whitewash the fence.

  叹气，他开始用石灰水给栅栏刷白。

• Please do not whitewash your inherent faults with your acquired virtues.

  请不要用你后天的美德来粉饰你先天的缺陷。